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He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.
No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.
A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.
See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a living tomb.
No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.
Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.
Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.
Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.
It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.
Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.
Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.
Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.
He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.
It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.
Vice is contagious, and there is no trusting the sound and the sick together.
The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it.
Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.